Cider-press



A. BARTLEMAY. CIDER PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1.9;9.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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CIDER PRESS.

APPLlCATlON FILED ocr. I6, 1919.

Patented Nov. 29,1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application filed October 16,1919. Serial No. 331,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Armin BARTLEMAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bluffton, in the county of Wells and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cider-Presses, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention pertains to cider presses and it contemplates theprovision of a cider press that is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, reliable, well adapted to withstand the usage to whichcider presses are ordinarily subjected, and calculated to use ineiiiciently crushing the fruit and any other ingredients necessary inproducing the desired results.

Among other features, the invention comprehends the provision of adevice of the above stated character, wherein is employed a seriesof'crushing rollersso constructed as to not only perform the crushingoperation of the fruit in a pulp state, but which, owing to theprovision of end'plates inserted in the ends thereof, has a decidedadvantage over the ordinary type of crusher,

inasmuch as it may be manufactured without the use of a dry sand core.

Another object of the invention resides in the employment of novel meansfor mounting the crushing rollers on the side sills of a suitablesupport to facilitate an adjustment of the rollers in a longitudinaldirection with respect to the sills, whereby to gears adapted tocooperate or interlock with the crushing rollers in such amanner as tocause the tooth of the gear to be in alinement with the rib of theroller and the space on the gear to be, at all times, in line with thespace on the roller.

Besides these ob 'ects, the invention further contemplates the provis onof bearings provided with indicat ng means whereby the operator may beenabled to determine t degree of adjustment of each of the rollers withrespect to one another.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangemerit of parts,as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

Preceding a detailed description of the in eliminated to betterillustrate the adjustable bearings and gears of the crushing rollers;

4. is a detail perspective view of the elements comprising theadjustable bearings, said'elements being in juxtaposition;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of one of the adjustable bearings andits support;

Fig. 6is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the crushing rollersand gear carried thereby; j v

F1 7 1s a cross sectional view of the ventional parts of a cider press,consisting of a supporting frame A, hopper B, and plunger U.

j The supporting frame A, embodies spaced parallel longitudinallyarranged sills 5 having supported thereon a lower bearing box 6 and anupper bearing box 7. These bearing boxes are secured to the sillsthrough the medium of a bolt 8 passing upwardly through suitableopenings 9 provided in the sills, and each of such bearing boxes, and

threadedly mounted on the free end of each of said bolts, is a nut 10for adjustably connecting the boxes with one another. In the confrontingfaces of each box, at a point adjacent the free end thereof, is formed asubstantially semi-spherical recess 11, to accommodate the seatingtherein of spherical bearings 12. Owing to the specific construction orconfiguration of the bearings and the recesses formed in the bearingboxes, allows the hearings to be rotatably journaled in the recesses,consequently facilitating the eccentric bores 13, of each bearing to bealined with one another at all times. Journaled for rotary movement inthe eccentric bores or openings of each bearing, is a pair of spacedparallel shafts 14 and 15, disposed transversely of the sills 5. Fixedlymounted on each of the shafts is a hollow crushing roller or drum,denoted by the characters 16 and 17, each having a closed end 18 and anopen end 19. The open end 19 is closed through the provision of adisk-shaped plate 20 adapted to be inserted in the open end and snuglyengaged with the inner periph cry of the rollers or drums. In order thatthe fruit deposited into the hopper B may be thoroughly and efficientlycrushed, Iprovide on the entire outer periphery of each of the crushingrollers, or drums, 16 and 17 respectively, a series of alternatelyarranged ribs and grooves, denoted by the characters '21and 22,respectively. The ends of the grooves opening out into the open end ofthe cylinders terminate short thereof as at 21' to serve asabutments'for the end plates or disks 20. It being obvious, during thecrushing operation of the contents of the hopper, necessarily that therib of one roller, at all times mesh with the groove of the adjacentcrushing roller, a toothed gear 23 is mounted on each of the shafts at apoint inwardly of one of the sills 5, and in spaced relation with theclosed end ofeachof the crushing rollers, In other words, to properlyset the crushing rollers for the purpose intended, the teeth of thegears are arranged in alinement with the rib of each roller andthespaces between the gear teeth being dis:

with similarly formed lugs '25 projecting laterally from .theclosed end20 of the crushing rollers. After this operation, pins or keys 26 areinserted through each of the shafts .in abutting contact with collars 27of the gears and collars 28 formed on the enc plates 20. It isdesirousat this point to state that these pins. or keys serve to retain thegears, crushing rollers and end plates of the latter against accidentaldisplacement or movement. Further, in the foregoing description, I havereferred to the crushing rollers being hollow, and by such constructionthe manufacture of the same is accom- Y plished without the use of a drysand core.

- The numeral 29 denotes a hexagonal head formed on the outer extremityof each of the bearings, and upon the bearings assuming an activeposition, disposes these heads exteriorly of the sills 5, forconvenience of the operator to apply a wrench or similar tool thereto,when it is desired to impart rotation to the bearings. By sodoing, theeccentric bores of the bearings may readily and accurately be alinedwith one another. Further, due to the fact that the shafts areeccentrically journaled in the bearings, upon subjecting the bearings toa partial rotation by the application of a suitable'tool on thehexagonal head, an adjustment or spacing of the crushing rollers withrelation to one another may be accomplished solely depending uponthequantity of material desired to be fed between the ribs and groovesof the crushing rollers. As better shown in Fig. 7 of the drawing, thegrooves, of the rollers are of sufficient depth to receive, the ribs ofthe adjacent roller as well as thefruit to be crushed, consequentlypermitting of a free rotation of the crushing rollers at all times.These bearings arefurther provided with an interiorannular greasechamber 30.

From observation of Fig. 1, of the drawing, it will be appreciated,owing to the fact that the crushing rollers are concealed in the lowerend of the hopper, that necessarily the operator must .be enlightened asto whether or not the crushing rollers are in proper mesh. with oneanother previous to the starting of the press. 'T'o thisend, use is madeof an indicator 31, provided on and integral with the hexagonal head ofeach of the bearings and embody a projection 32 extending laterallybeyond the head of the bearings. Owing to the construction of theindicator, such may be utilized, if desired, as grips, for assisting inimpart ing to the bearing rotary movement.

Mounted on one of the extreme outer ends of the shaft 15, isa fly wheel33,-while on the opposite end of this shaft is a loosely.

mounted gear 34, the latter adapted to mesh with the pinion 35, keyed tothe outer eX-' tremity of the shaft 14:, and through'the employment ofsuch elements movement is im parted to the press. Also supported on oneend of the shaft 15.is acrankarmBG, said crank arm preferably beingsecured to said gear 34L for rotating the same. With'the aforesaid powertransmitting means of the crushing rollers disposed as heretofore setforth, it is manifest that said crushing rollers are permitted to travelat a greater speed than said gear 34 and through the instruf mentalityof this embodiment, the efliciency of the crushing action of the rollersis maintained, as the tendency of large sizes of fruit to retard thespeed of the'rollers will be entirely eliminated.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of construction and method ofoperation will readily be apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention relates, and while I have described the principles ofoperation of the invention, together with the device which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described the invention, I claim as new is In apparatus ofthe character described, a crushing and pressing element comprising whata body mounted for rotation, said body being of general cylindricalconfiguration and having longitudinally disposed ribs standing outradially beyond its general periphery and having longitudinally disposedgrooves located in its peripheral portion, the

ribs being spaced at equal distances apart,

the grooves being spaced atvequal distances apart, the spaces betweenthe ribs being equal in transverse dimension to the correspondingdimension of the spaces between the grooves, the transverse dimensionsof the ribs being less than the transverse dimensions of the grooves,the ribs being located midway be tween the grooves and spaced from theadjacent edges thereof whereby arcuate sections of theperipheral portionof the body are interposed between the adjacent edges of the ribs andgrooves.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARLIE BARTLEMAY.

